Legendary basketball manager

The fierce battle between the two sides is about to start!

In the next few minutes, the Rockets' side blossomed more.

Under McGrady's firepower, Lowry, George, and Yao Ming all got scoring opportunities to varying degrees.

Several people lived up to their mission and scored goals respectively.

The Mavericks, on the other hand, are very resolute in focusing on Nowitzki.

As the Rockets adopted double-team tactics, the Mavericks' shooters also had a place to play.

Among them, Kidd got the most opportunities due to everyone's stereotype of him as "not attacking".

In half a quarter of the game, he hit three three-pointers, and he was a great contributor to the Mavericks chasing points.

The two teams come and go, and the score rises alternately, but no one can completely open the score.

Rockets coach-Mark Jackson is a rookie coach after all, and his ability to adapt on the spot is still immature.

When he saw that the Mavericks' offensive tactics became unstoppable because of Nowitzki's containment, he didn't make adjustments quickly.

What Mark Jackson did was to maintain the double-team tactics against the German tanks.

But such a strategy didn't work well when the rest of the Mavericks were hot.

Shen Fei in the VIP box, although he didn't have high expectations for Mark Jackson's handling, but he was a little disappointed when he saw that the latter hadn't made adjustments in the middle of the second quarter.

Fortunately, when the game entered an official timeout, the Rockets coach finally thought of a new way!

"Chris, go up and try to defend Dirk alone."

Mark Jackson looked at Birdman deep in the bench and said.

"Nowitzki is in good shape now. If you let him catch the ball in a comfortable position, it will be difficult to stop. You try to defend around the front and don't let him catch the ball easily."

"Also, the players on the wing should form a pinch immediately after Dirk catches the ball, and they have to go up to the body. Don't let him easily observe his teammates."

"One person went to double-team, and the people around him must have the awareness of filling positions, and even predict Nowitzki's passing route and try to steal."

"Do you understand, children?!"

Mark Jackson asked seriously.

This is the result of his thinking for most of the quarter, but whether it is effective or not has to be tested by the game.

"Understood!"

The rocket generals answered in unison.

............

The time-out is over and the game continues.

It didn't take long for the Rockets to usher in a defensive round.

The Mavericks repeated the same trick, with Nowitzki asking for the ball in the low post.

But this time, Birdman, who had just been replaced on the field, suddenly turned sideways, rushed in front of Nuo Tianwang, and at the same time raised his hands high to block the passing route.

The reason why Anderson can often stage wonderful blocks is that in addition to his explosive jumping ability, his extraordinary wingspan is also a big reliance on him.

When he opened his hands, it was like a big bird spreading its wings, covering a very wide area!

This also made Kidd, who was in charge of passing the ball, a little difficult, and he didn't dare to pass the ball to the inside rashly after a long time.

However, Kidd is, after all, the number one passing master in NBA history.

Since it is difficult to work at heights, then find another way!

With a flick of his wrist, he successfully handed the ball into Nowitzki's hands with a pass with internal rotation.

Birdman's fingertips even touched the basketball as it passed through Anderson's block.

Such a freehand pass surprised the audience and couldn't help but exclaim "woo".

"Wow, this kind of pass, that is, a pass master like Kidd can pass it."

Yang Yi couldn't help sighing.

"Jason Kidd is indeed as our Chinese netizens said, the older he gets, the more demon he gets."

"If you don't use your wrist to give the ball a little spin, the driver won't be able to catch it even if it passes Anderson's defense. It's too extreme!"

Yu Jia added, his tone was also full of surprise.

However, Nowitzki was too late to be happy after receiving the ball, and just about to turn around and attack, a black shadow appeared in front of his eyes.

It was George who came!

He came out of the oblique stab, just trying to hit Nowitzki with one measure.

But a driver is a driver after all!

He was at the peak of his career at this time, and his reaction speed was extremely fast. He immediately turned sideways and separated the ball from George with his shoulders.

But... Nowitzki can do, and nothing more.

Since the timing of George's pincer attack was just right, he could only use the ball to protect the basketball, and he had just turned and turned halfway, and he could only return to the original place.

In other words, the driver is now stuck in a corner, surrounded by opponents, with no teammates in sight to pass the ball to.

Soon, Anderson jumped up and put his hands straight into the basketball in Nowitzki's arms.

The two immediately fell into entanglement...

Two seconds later, the referee raised his thumbs up to the sky and blew his whistle at the same time: "beep~"

Both sides scrimmage.

"Yes!"

Anderson was very excited and gave George a high five to celebrate.

This is the Rockets' most successful double-team defense this year.

This also shows that Mark Jackson's adjustment is effective!

Then, relying on the advantage of bouncing, Birdman successfully won the scrimmage.

The Rockets took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack!

During the fast break, Lowry came two steps outside the three-point line and suddenly received the ball.

Kidd reacted quickly, and immediately realized that the opponent wanted to shoot a three-pointer, so he kicked his feet and rushed outward.

But Quan is afraid of being young, and his athletic ability is still much inferior to that of the young Lowry.

Lowry leaped high, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer...

bingo!

As soon as the goal was scored, the score between the two sides came to 50:43, with the Rockets leading by 7 points.

Kidd looked at the young man smiling and celebrating in front of him, shook his head helplessly, and thought to himself:

[Young people don't talk about martial arts, engage in this kind of sneak attack, bully me, a 37-year-old old man...]

In fact, it can't all blame Kidd.

After all, in today's league, the technology of chasing three-pointers is not used much (far less than the future small ball era).

The one who is better at this skill should be Billups of the Nuggets.

After this successful defense and perfect counterattack, the Rockets gradually gained momentum.

They were more decisive on the offensive end, McGrady and George hit three-pointers successively.

On the other hand, on the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki became a problem receiving the ball after being circled forward to defend.

The Mavericks' offensive efficiency also dropped rapidly, and there was a scoring drought of up to 3 minutes.

Carlisle reluctantly resorted to a timeout in the last 2 minutes, but with little effect.

When the second quarter ended, the Rockets took a double-digit lead 65:55.

............

Halftime break, Rockets locker room.

"Victory is ahead! There is still half a game, as long as we can maintain the restriction on Nowitzki in the second quarter, we can win the game!"

Mark Jackson said excitedly.